Car-replacer.



No. 742,154. PATENTED OUT; 27, 1903..

A. BOUVIER. GAR REPLAOER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1903-,

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES Patented October 27, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

. ALEXANDER BOUVIER, OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. FINIGAN, OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,154, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed March 10, l90 3. Serial No. 147,148. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BOUVIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to car-replacers for use on railroads; andit consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of two rails, showing the guides in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the main guide,drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a side view of the auxiliary guide.

A represents the rails of a railroad-track,

and B represents two of the wheels of a car which has run off the track. v

C is the main guide,which is placed under the outside Wheel, and Die the auxiliary guide, which is placed under the wheel between the rails.

The main guide C has a portion C arranged at obtuse angles both vertically and laterally with its main portion C. The main portion C has a beveled portion 0 and a spur c at.

its end for engaging with the ground.

E is a cross-piece at the end of the portion C. This cross-piece is arranged flush with the under side of the part C and at a right angle to the main portion C. The cross-piece has a projection cl projecting downwardly *from its shorter end to prevent it from slipping 011 the rail. Any suitable packing can be placed under the longer end 02 of the cross piece. I

The auxiliary guide D consists of a straight bar having a.beveled portion e at one end and a spur e for engaging with the ground. At its other end the guide Dhas abeveled side portion f, which bears against the rail, and a cross-piece g, arranged at a right angle to the guide-bar flush with its under side. The guide also has a projection h on its under side at the end next to the rail.

The guides are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and are packed as solid as possible by means of any available packing material. The car is then pushed up the guides onto the rails.

What I claim isp v 1. In a car-replacer, a main guide comprising a main portion C, a portion C arranged at angles vertically and laterally with the part C, and a cross-piece E projecting from the part C and arranged at a' right angle to the part C, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-replacer, a main guide comprising a main portion C, a portion C arranged at angles vertically and laterally with the part C, and a cross-piece E projecting from the part 0 andarranged at a right angle to In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER BOUVIER. Witnesses:

ALICE J. MURRAY, FRED. K. DAGGETT. 

